1. These are the names of the tribes:At the northern end, along the side of the way to Hethlon, Lebo-hamath, and Hazar-enon, the border of Damascus, and northward up to the frontier with Hamath, from the eastern border to the western: Dan, one portion.
2. Along the territory of Dan from the eastern border to the western border: Asher, one portion.
3. Along the territory of Asher from the eastern border to the western border: Naphtali, one portion.
4. Along the territory of Naphtali from the eastern border to the western border: Manasseh, one portion.
5. Along the territory of Manasseh from the eastern border to the western border: Ephraim, one portion.
6. Along the territory of Ephraim from the eastern border to the western border: Reuben, one portion.
7. Along the territory of Reuben from the eastern border to the western border: Judah, one portion.
8. Along the territory of Judah from the eastern border to the western border is the tract you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits wide and as long as one of the portions from the eastern border to the western border. The sanctuary shall stand in the center of the tract.